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  • 61 killed in Iraq attacks

    A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 ...

  • Iran executes two alleged spies

    Iranian authorities have executed two men after they were charged and convicted for spying Israel and the United States. Iran has repeatedly accused Israel and the U.S. of carrying out covert intelligence operations following ongoing pressure on the country over its nuclear programme, which the Western nations suspect as being used to build an atomic weapon, despite Tehran's insistence that the ...

  • Iranian refugee from Melbourne arrested over allegations of people smuggling

    Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have arrested an Iranian refugee who lives in Melbourne on allegations of people smuggling.Mohammad Abdi, 36, was arrested along with two other Iranian refugees by anti-smuggling police who raided an apartment in West Jakarta early yesterday morning.Indonesian police say the man, who holds Australian travel documents but is yet to become a citizen, was ...

  • Iran Hangs Spies Accused Of Providing Information To CIA Israel

    Iran is a dangerous place for anyone who might even be remotely in contact with foreign countries. That danger was clearly demonstrated over the ...

  • Will Iran’s Former President Rafsanjani Be Allowed To Run

    A senior figure in the Iranian regime appears to have hinted that presidential hopeful Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (pictured) might be considered too old to ...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

Unlike The Fellowship of the Ring, which opened with an information-packed prologue and then slowly eased itself into an extensive and leisurely introduction to all the major characters in the film, The Two Towers, the second installment of Peter Jacksons gloriously ambitious adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens sprawling fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, dives right into the acti ... ...

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  • Irans Zahra Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign

    Iranian men register their candidacy for the June presidential election at the Interior Ministry in Tehran on May 9. Some 700 candidates have registered, but most will be disqualified. Some Iranians inside and outside the country have turned to an online graphic novel which features a woman running for the ...

  • Arab League Condemns Iranian Belligerent Statements

    Manama-May-20(BNA)The Arab League has today strongly condemned the belligerent statements made by the Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs. The Arab League slammed the Iranian threats and irresponsible and reprehensible statements which represent a flagrant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs and a blatant violation of international conventions ...

  • Assessment of presidential candidates by Iranian opposition leaders claimed false

    Radio Zamaneh The families of Iranian opposition leaders under house arrest announced today that statements attributed to their parents in the media is false and that MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have not made any assessments of the coming ...

  • Who will be Irans next leader

    With half an hour left to register, Iran's two most controversial candidates pledged to run for president over the weekend. The country now has to wait to hear which of the handful of hopefuls will be allowed to contest the June poll. NBC News' Ali Arouzi reports from ...

  • The Dark Side of Irans Drug Policy

    How Iran Won the War on Drugs ," Amir Afkhami argues that the Iranian government has been successful in addressing the country’s drug problem by treating dependency and reducing the harm drugs cause, rather than by cracking down on supply. Afkhami further suggests that Iran is a model for the region, and that nearby countries such as Afghanistan have much to learn from its ...

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